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Letters Patent No.v 7'1 ,3671 dated April/ 28, 186.8..

IMPRQVED 1*)0UIBLE SLIDING 0B. TURNING GATE.

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Beit knewn'thatl I, RANsoM-ELEMING', of the town of Victory, in the county of Cayuga, New York, have invented anew and improved Mode of-Constructing Fence-Gates; and I do hereby declare the following to be` a full, clear,andex-act description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters of' reference marked thereon. n

The object of this invention is to simplify and lessen the number of parts 'required in the manufacture of fence-gates, and by that'm'eans lessen the expense incurred in their construction. n In order that others'skilled in vthe art-may know hou to 'make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and modeof operation.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of theentire gate and appliances. A and B are the gate-'postan f The-sliding portions of my gate are made in two sections. The wide portion embraces the three vertical pieces, C, D, and-E, and the five horizontal slatsl F, G, H, I, end J. The latter piecesl are mortised into the formerfand well seburedby .bolts or pins, as shown in the drawing; The smallest section is composed of the two slats K and L, and the vertical or end-piece shown at M-and N.

These end-pieces are made double, or in two'parts; one is placed `on each side of the slatsK L, and bolts.

or p'''sput through the pieces atthe points of intersection, which hold all together'. l Between the slats K and L, and between the vertical pieces Maud N, `are blocks, equal in thickness te the slats K and L,'inserted between 4the vertical Apieces'M N, and pinned or bolted, for the purpose of supportingv and holding'the several parts in their proper places. These pieces are placed at such 'points as not to obstruct the f 'ree passage of the slats'F G H I .I between the vertical pieces M N, and also to leave room foiwthe pulleys O and I. These pulleys support the wide portions of my gate, as the Slat G rests upon them. The narrower portions of my gate slide or roll'on the pulley Q, in'the stand R, by means ofthe upper slat K resting thereon, v'Ilnere'are lfive pulley-posts, 1, 2, 3,- 4, 5. These posts are mainly for `the purpose of raising vthe cord at vthese points, as to enable the traveller tov catch hold ofthem without dis'mounting, for the purpose of opening orl closing the gate thereby.

In the upper' end of the' pulley-posts are pulleys S 'I U'V. The pulley in the post 5 is notshown in the drawing, it being enclosed, and out of sight.y The cordA W is attached to theA bottom of the gate at X. From thence it passes around the pulley 'in the post 5, and from thence towards the two posts 3 and 4. The cord W 'is divided into two parts after it lezives the post 5. One portion passes over the pulley U in thc post 3, and the other portion'over the pulley V in the post 4,

The cords A( and B are 'both lattached to the end-piece E of the gate. They pass toward the opposite end. The cord A passes around the pulley C in the post A, and from thence over the pulley T in the post 2`;

the'cord B around the pulley D', secured't'o the same post, and from thencev over the pulley S inthclpost -1,

and hang suspended therefrom.

New, as the traveller approaches the closed gate on this side, as shown in the dra-wing, he catches h'old of tno end 4of the coid D, suspended from the post 1, and by a slightpull opens the'gate.' 'He passes through, and takes hold of one end of the cord W, suspended from the post-4, and by pulling the same closesthe gate.

Having above descibed the construction and modeof operating my improved gate, what I claim as new, and wish to secure by Let-ters Patent, is l 1. In combination with said gate, and as a component part thereof, the pulleys O and T, and the pulley Q in the lstand R, as above set forth.

2. The vo posts, in combination with the cords W and cords A' and B, when all are constructed in the nANsoM FLEMING.

manner and used as and for the purpose specified.

Wi tnesses RussEL"DUTeHEn, GHAs. G. SToc'KINe. 

